Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian publicly criticizes Ole Miss, continuing a running exchange between college football programs. Multiple outlets report that Sarkisian questions Ole Miss’s academic reputation and uses an insult centered on “basket weaving,” alleging that the school awards degrees through easy or non-rigorous coursework. Newsweek and the New York Post both describe Sarkisian’s comments as a direct jab at Ole Miss’s academic standards, while Breitbart frames the remarks as Sarkisian “jumping into” a broader war of words among college coaches. The reports characterize Sarkisian’s statements as comparing Ole Miss’s academics to Texas’s, implying the Longhorns hold higher standards. No sources provided in the prompt include a direct response from Ole Miss, nor do they detail the specific context, timing, or the setting of Sarkisian’s remarks. Overall, the coverage agrees that Sarkisian delivers a public, pointed critique of Ole Miss’s academics using the “basket weaving” reference.